<p>MONTGOMERY | The Internal Revenue Service on Saturday plans to auction 11 Harley-Davidson motorcycles, including models from the 1940s and 1950s.</p><p>The auction will be in Elkmont, north of Athens, and includes a 1946 Flathead and a 125-cc Hummer from 1950, according to the IRS website. </p><p>The motorcycles were seized from their owners for non-payment of taxes.</p><p>The auction begins at 9 a.m. at Asset Auctions LLC, 25885 Upper Elkton Road, Elkmont, said Asset auctioneer Bryan Willis. He said the auction would be conducted by an IRS auctioneer.</p><p>“They came out of Alabama,” Willis said Monday. “I don't know much more about them.”</p><p>IRS spokesman Dan Boone said he is prohibited from disclosing who lost the motorcycles over not paying back taxes.</p><p>Other available bikes are from the 1970s, 1990s and 2000s. The bikes can be viewed from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday at the auction site.</p><p>A Harley rider said personal preference determines whether a particular motorcycle is valuable. </p><p>“The older bikes are very valuable,” said retired postsecondary Chancellor Renee Culverhouse.</p><p>She said she first became interested in motorcycles while in law school but is taking a hiatus from riding.</p><p>Whether a Harley is “chopped” or unaltered, there's always someone who will like a particular style, she said.</p><p>“You want your bike to reflect your own personality,” Culverhouse said. “The Harley-Davidson after-market of accessories is a big business. People don't want their bikes to look like other bikes.”</p><p>Culverhouse said Harley-Davidsons from the 1970s are known for their poor quality because the original company was sold to a company that kept it for almost the entire decade.</p><p>Information about the motorcycles including VIN numbers and photographs can be found at www.treasury.gov/auctions/irs.</p>